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🛡️ CVE-2022-1388 — big-ip-access-policy-manager

🔴 CVSS 9.8 — Critical ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-306 NVD
9.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

On F5 BIG-IP 16.1.x versions prior to 16.1.2.2, 15.1.x versions prior to 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x versions prior to 14.1.4.6, 13.1.x versions prior to 13.1.5, and all 12.1.x and 11.6.x versions, undisclosed requests may bypass iControl REST authentication. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-1388 is classified as CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function. A sensitive function can be reached without authenticating at all.

Affected software

CVE-2022-1388 is recorded against 11 packages.

  • big-ip-access-policy-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.2.2)
  • big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.2.2)
  • big-ip-analytics (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.2.2)
  • big-ip-application-acceleration-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.2.2)
  • big-ip-application-security-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.2.2)
  • big-ip-domain-name-system (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.2.2)
  • big-ip-fraud-protection-service (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.2.2)
  • big-ip-global-traffic-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.2.2)
  • big-ip-link-controller (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.2.2)
  • big-ip-local-traffic-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.2.2)
  • big-ip-policy-enforcement-manager (from 16.1.0 up to 16.1.2.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 5 May 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

packetstormsecurity.com
packetstormsecurity.com
packetstormsecurity.com
support.f5.com
www.secpod.com
packetstormsecurity.com
packetstormsecurity.com
packetstormsecurity.com
support.f5.com
www.secpod.com
www.cisa.gov

Other advisories for this package

big-ip-access-policy-manager has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function) in other software:

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-306
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-05-05
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
big-ip-access-policy-manager 16.1.0 16.1.2.2
big-ip-advanced-firewall-manager 16.1.0 16.1.2.2
big-ip-analytics 16.1.0 16.1.2.2
big-ip-application-acceleration-manager 16.1.0 16.1.2.2
big-ip-application-security-manager 16.1.0 16.1.2.2
big-ip-domain-name-system 16.1.0 16.1.2.2
big-ip-fraud-protection-service 16.1.0 16.1.2.2
big-ip-global-traffic-manager 16.1.0 16.1.2.2
big-ip-link-controller 16.1.0 16.1.2.2
big-ip-local-traffic-manager 16.1.0 16.1.2.2
big-ip-policy-enforcement-manager 16.1.0 16.1.2.2

References

Mitigation, Vendor Advisory https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K23605346
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K23605346

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